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seems kind of pricey we can do better for less
My HTPC AMD A8-3870K CPU/ SilverStone ML03B/ASRock MB-A75M /Seasonic SS-400ET/Corsair XMS3 4GB
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I've been looking at these for a couple months. The non-plus versions (without memory and hard drive) were selling for around $150 on sale. The only reason I did not pursue it were the comments about noise. I read on one review a concern about a small cheap fan that could get noisy. And then there were other reviews that the fan was loud enough to hear. I was hoping this was a bedroom alternative to the apple tv, but decided not to take the risk.
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I have the AD10 running XBMC on Win7. It works perfectly. Plays 1080p just fine. I stream from a NAS, hard wired. Remote works perfect. I can't comment on Netflix as I don't have an account, but I hear it has issues.. but I can't verify or deny that.
As far as wireless, I wouldn't recommend it, but I don't any media player that can stream 1080p over wireless
I suggest getting the Non-Plus since you can put in better hardware for the less the cost of the plus.
Let me know if you have any other questions, and I'll try answer them.
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If I pause a movie and listen real close, I can barely hear the fan. This is having the Zotac about 12 feet away in a 12x12 room with no other background noise (ie fan, refrigerator, etc). So unless you are really trying to hear the fan, or if you sit right next to the device, you won't hear it, especially if it's in a bigger room.
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I haven't seen any complaints on any Zotac not being able to handle high bit rate 1080p content, even older models. My guess is the ID61 will play everything fine.
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OK. I have something to say about the Zotac AD10;
I have owned one since 09-2011.
It runs with an SSD. It is in my bedroom as my XBMC HTPC running Win8.
It is great for all video.
It is VERY noisy though. It is the big drawback. I have read that the AD11 is the same.
I love it, but can't recommend it as a bedroom HTPC.
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Is there any standalone XBMC version compatible with it which I can run for USBdrive or HDD without installing windows?
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yeah
openelec + ad10/ad11 is amazing